'Envies' definitions:

Definition of 'Envies'

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  • Envy \En"vy\, n.; pl. Envies. [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision.]
  • 1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of C[ae]sar. [1913 Webster]
  • Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
  • No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An object of envious notice or feeling. [1913 Webster]
  • This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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